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UK claimant count falls more than f'cast, at 13-mth low
LONDON, June 16 (Reuters) - The number of people claiming jobless benefits in Britain fell more than expected in May to its lowest rate in more than a year, but the wider measure of unemployment...
DATE: Jun 17, 2010
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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the mortgage firms 85 percent owned by US taxpayers, plunged more than 50 percent after regulators told them to delist their common and preferred stock from the New York Stock Exchange.
The Federal H...
DATE: Jun 17, 2010
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ZHONGSHAN, China (Reuters) – Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao urged better treatment of the nation's vast army of migrant labourers as employees at a Honda factory halted the latest strike that has laid bare growing worker assertiveness.
The strike at the ...
DATE: Jun 16, 2010
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BEIJING (Reuters) – The global economic recovery is likely to be "slow and tortuous" and China faces risks from a multitude of factors including trade protectionism and bad real estate loans, China's Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) said yesterda...
DATE: Jun 16, 2010
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OTTAWA (Reuters) – Growth in Canadian manufacturing sales slowed in April and productivity came in lower than expected in the first quarter, hardening expectations that second-quarter economic growth will be less robust than in the previous two quart...
DATE: Jun 16, 2010
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LONDON (AP) — An influential ratings agency downgraded BP yesterday because of worries about the continuing Gulf of Mexico spill, sending the oil company's shares to a new low.
Shares in BP fell below 350 pence for the first time since the oil rig di...
DATE: Jun 16, 2010
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OTTAWA/TORONTO(Reuters) – In a bid to shake up Canadian broadcasting, media company Quebecor Inc says it will launch a 24-hour conservative news and comment channel that many observers are already dubbing "Fox News North".
Quebecor said Tuesday it ha...
DATE: Jun 16, 2010
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The insurance industry has fared better than the financial services sector during the economic crisis and should not be saddled with the same regulatory burden as its counterpart.
That was the message from Mike McGavick, CEO of XL Capital, who was sp...
DATE: Jun 16, 2010
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NEW YORK (AP) - Industrial and technology stocks pulled the market sharply higher yesterday after Boeing Co. said it was boosting production and an industry group forecast that demand for computers would increase.
The Dow Jones industrial average ros...
DATE: Jun 16, 2010
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NEW YORK (AP) – With games airing live on cell phones and computers, the football World Cup will get more online coverage than any major sporting event yet. Watching highlights the next day on TV or YouTube will suddenly seem a downright ancient way ...
DATE: Jun 16, 2010
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